Lambert, Pierre-Yves, “Gaulois Solitumaros”, Études Celtiques 36 (2008): 89–101.
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[EN] This epithet of Mercury, found in Châteaubleau (S. et M.), was previously known, only, as a Personal Name, a double use which may be observed for other divine epithets compound with -māros, such as Anextlomaros ou Atepomaros. A recent hypothese tried to explain the first element Solitu-by comparing Celtic nouns for “ sight”, or “ sun”. The first group however goes back to * sūli-(OIr. súil, Brittonic Sulis, theonym), and the second one to * saw(H) lo-(Mid. W. heul, Bret. heol). A new approach is now explored, focussing on any connection within the Gaulish corpus between formations including the elements soli-and solitu- : first, an anthroponymic compound Solimaros, then a compound with verbal rection, Corio-solit-es, an ethnonym. Two possible etymologies are considered, both intended to characterize Mercure Solitumaros as a Lucrorum potens, «Master of Profits » : either with the verbal stem * sel-H-«to acquire » , current with the enlarged (but syncopated) form * sli-, sliy-, «to earn » in Insular Celtic ; or (rather) the stem * swel-«to turn » , here with the meaning «to return (revenues) » .
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